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  <section id="cmake-android-stl-type">
<span id="variable:CMAKE_ANDROID_STL_TYPE"></span><h1>CMAKE_ANDROID_STL_TYPE<a class="headerlink" href="#cmake-android-stl-type" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
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<p><span class="versionmodified added">Added in version 3.4.</span></p>
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<p>When <a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-toolchains.7.html#cross-compiling-for-android-with-nvidia-nsight-tegra-visual-studio-edition"><span class="std std-ref">Cross Compiling for Android with NVIDIA Nsight Tegra Visual Studio Edition</span></a>, this variable may be set to specify the default value for the
<span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:ANDROID_STL_TYPE"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../prop_tgt/ANDROID_STL_TYPE.html#prop_tgt:ANDROID_STL_TYPE" title="ANDROID_STL_TYPE"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ANDROID_STL_TYPE</span></code></a> target property.  See that target property
for additional information.</p>
<p>When <a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-toolchains.7.html#cross-compiling-for-android-with-the-ndk"><span class="std std-ref">Cross Compiling for Android with the NDK</span></a>, this variable may be
set to specify the STL variant to be used.  The value may be one of:</p>
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">none</span></code></dt><dd><p>No C++ Support</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">system</span></code></dt><dd><p>Minimal C++ without STL</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">gabi++_static</span></code></dt><dd><p>GAbi++ Static</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">gabi++_shared</span></code></dt><dd><p>GAbi++ Shared</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">gnustl_static</span></code></dt><dd><p>GNU libstdc++ Static</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">gnustl_shared</span></code></dt><dd><p>GNU libstdc++ Shared</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">c++_static</span></code></dt><dd><p>LLVM libc++ Static</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">c++_shared</span></code></dt><dd><p>LLVM libc++ Shared</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stlport_static</span></code></dt><dd><p>STLport Static</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stlport_shared</span></code></dt><dd><p>STLport Shared</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>The default value is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">gnustl_static</span></code> on NDK versions that provide it
and otherwise <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">c++_static</span></code>.  Note that this default differs from
the native NDK build system because CMake may be used to build projects for
Android that are not natively implemented for it and use the C++ standard
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